tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post7571848434162251071..comments2024-01-04T03:21:53.195-05:00Comments on Fear in Writing: Thank you for broadening my mindJournoMichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-46632102206378638362011-03-13T09:28:52.233-04:002011-03-13T09:28:52.233-04:00I am reading a wonderful book right now and it is ...I am reading a wonderful book right now and it is so making me go all stream of consciousness which isn't bad - it is The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Alas it is fiction but you haven't entirely given that up have you?<br /><a href="http://www.labanan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Jan Morrison</a>Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-29246004633072802482011-03-12T20:16:40.622-05:002011-03-12T20:16:40.622-05:00Isn't amazing how what you read influences you...Isn't amazing how what you read influences your writing? Sometimes I read things and think, man, I wish I'd written that. And it pushes me to do better.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-58820535736223600242011-03-12T18:59:25.445-05:002011-03-12T18:59:25.445-05:00So true! I've always read widely, but the net ...So true! I've always read widely, but the net is cast even further from shore with the books my blog buddies write and discuss!Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-85853804893693286892011-03-12T17:34:54.190-05:002011-03-12T17:34:54.190-05:00Michele - Oh, I feel exactly the same way! I have ...Michele - Oh, I feel exactly the same way! I have benefited so much in so many ways from you and my other blogging friends. One of those ways is that my reading horizons have been expanded. I love that about having connections with all of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-22291901438071441682011-03-12T17:34:10.496-05:002011-03-12T17:34:10.496-05:00Alex- Stop reading Alex J. Cavanaugh! Never! And...Alex- Stop reading Alex J. Cavanaugh! Never! And you're right...just like my kids, we adults go through stages.<br /><br />Mary- Discovery is something I don't attribute to myself very often, but it's a wonderful thing.<br /><br />Debbie- And we realize it's ok to admit our faults, embrace them and conquer them. Great points, Debbie!JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-30854673705733187082011-03-12T14:53:03.559-05:002011-03-12T14:53:03.559-05:00I think as we get older, we begin to realize how m...I think as we get older, we begin to realize how much we don't know. We reach a point where every answer leads to more questions. Reading opens our minds to so many worlds -- even if we can't learn all there is to know and get answers to all our questions, at least we learn which questions to ask.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885335542009236056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-69314928561499150242011-03-12T13:45:52.524-05:002011-03-12T13:45:52.524-05:00Isn't is wonderful to re-discover the world an...Isn't is wonderful to re-discover the world and it's people through books.Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-30907350604352017372011-03-12T11:18:51.069-05:002011-03-12T11:18:51.069-05:00You don't have to stop reading us male authors...You don't have to stop reading us male authors you know...<br />I think everyone hits that. It's a pattern - college and learning, working and applying, and then we hit coasting. After a while, we grow tired of the coasting and want to learn and grow again.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com